When is it better to give your long haired cat away?

Question

I have a young, long haired cat, a real beauty with white hair. But I also have two dogs and another cat, a short haired, and all animals know how to use my doggy door. As a result, my long haired cat gets outside and gets burrs and fox-tails and similar thing stuck in her coat that have to be cut out they get so severely tangled, to the extent that you can tell she's uncomfortable. What should I do? Should I keep her and simply continue to cut them out and ruin her coat, or should I try to find her a home where she could be an indoor only cat and get the grooming attention she deserves? It's not an issue of wanting to keep her, it's in the interest of what's best for her.

Answer 1

If you can find a GOOD home for her.

Mine gets burrs too but what I do is trim her fur in summer and let it grow out in winter... that alleviates the burr problem.

Do you brush her any way?  

Long haired cats needs constant brushing to keep the fur from matting.  

Mine pulls her fur out in clumps so I have a carpet that looks like lepord skin... so I take a hair trimmer (I am a professional though and wont' cut the cat) and make her fur thin.  This seems to help A LOT!

If you love her then keep her and do the maintenance on her.  If not so much then TRY to find a GOOD home for her and then let them deal with it.

There are dog/ cat doors that the animal can only use if they have the right collar on... it has a sensor / magnet that allows the door to open.

This would mean that all pets would have to have the collars though.

good luck